If you had told me I’d ever be reading books about math in my leisure time, I’d have scoffed. No way is Word Girl ever going to get a grip on math! But, I finally realized math actually is the language God seems to speak when he’s creating wonders of nature and laws of physics and music of the planets instead of sitting ‘round heaven’s bonfire telling stories.
Read MoreIf I could make one book required reading for Catholic parents and educators, it is Stratford Caldecott’s Beauty for Truth’s Sake. In six succinct chapters, he leads readers from the history of education’s disintegration to a vision for its restoration and ‘re-enchantment’.
Read MoreFrom galaxies to continental borders; from heartbeats to growing forests; from ice crystals to pinecones, fractal patterns are deeply embedded in the Creation.
Read MoreGeometry is about connection to the physical world! It is about constructing lines, triangles, equal angles, polygons and all that! How will a student wonder at the amazing development of man’s mind in correspondence to the actuality of form in the created world if Geometry is presented as an abstract, mental construct?
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